All About Books: Teaser Tuesday - Old World Murder
My goodness, it's been a while since I've posted a Teaser Tuesday, huh? Sorry. In my defense, I have to say that my work life has ramped up exponentially. The fundraiser the organization I work for puts on every year is less than a month away and, seeing as how it's one of my primary job tasks, I've been a wee bit focused there. But, in lieu of a lunch hour today, I'm blogging!
So, who remembers the Teaser Tuesday rules? Anyone? No? Well, here they are:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
And here's my tease for this Tuesday (it is Tuesday, right? My brain stopped working a few days ago . . .)
"I think she's dead." The blonde sounded dazed. "I think I killed her."
My tease is from "Old World Murder," written by Wisconsin native (and former Old World Wisconsin employee) Kathleen Ernst. I've been wanting to read it for a while because I met Kathleen through a book club I was once a member of, so I'm excited to be reading it now. So far, it's great - but I'm only about 25 pages in so far. What are you all reading?
Heather Asiyanbi
2:31 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I just finished "Left Neglected" about a brain-injured woman whose left side just ceases to exist for her even though everything is right there. I enjoyed it for the most part, but the end left me a little ... wanting. I'm glad it ended as it did, but a major development in the narrator's life was just left hanging ... anyway, I'd still recommend it.
Jenna Czaplewski
11:23 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Sounds interesting! I'll have to check that one out.
St. Swithin
8:26 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I read "Old World Murder" when I first moved up here. Not bad. I just tried to read "The Flame Alphabet", but I gave it up as too depressing and paranoid in a bad way. Now I am reading "1Q84". This I am liking a lot more. I'm too lazy to get up from the computer and pick some sentences.
Jenna Czaplewski
11:25 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
When did you move here? And where from? (Yes, I'm nosy!)
I've heard a lot of good things about "1Q84." It's on my to-read list, but I have to admit being somewhat intimidated by the book!
St. Swithin
11:46 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
I moved here from Georgia in 2010.
1Q84 looks imposing, but it has been an easy and enjoyable read so far. The focus is on just two people, so you don't have to keep track of too much detail.
Randy1949
10:30 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Last night I began to read A Game of Thrones from George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series. Unlike the books I've been reading recently, which have run about 150-200 pages as counted by my Nook, this one is almost 700 pages and it's the first of five books, so I'll be at this for a while.
I'll try not to include any spoilers, but the opening prologue, where it appears that some corpses have gotten up again, definitely caught my attention. There's something kind of spooky about this world. Now I'm into the political stuff from multiple points of view, but it's all coming together. I've read enough comments about the HBO series so that I know which of the characters are bad new (if that wasn't already apparent) and whom not to become too attached to.
Sorry, Nooks do not lend themselves to opening random pages. I will point out that the detail in the Stark crypt, with iron swords laid across the tombs to keep the dead from rising again harks back to the prologue, and I'm curious to see if the author follows up.
Jenna Czaplewski
11:25 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Hmmm . . . I may have to give this one another try. You make it sound interesting!
Randy1949
11:35 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
If it helps, my criterion for 'interesting' is if it keeps me reading for an extra hour at bedtime because I just want to see "one more page . . ." I was up until 1:00 last night.
I'm also asking myself about this world. Is it purely imaginary, or is this a kind of science fiction where 'the First Men' got there by starship and forgot their roots? Who are 'the Others' and why the ice wall to keep out goodness knows that? Could be anything.
St. Swithin
11:43 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Randy! No! Don't do it!
You will be sucked into a world where your heart will be broken several times and then you will run smack into a wall when you realize that the series is not finished yet! I find myself constantly checking Martin's blog looking for release dates. At odd hours I find myself wondering what will happen to Arya or Tyrion. I make idle guesses about how many more new characters Martin will introduce in his next book.
For your own sanity, wait until he releases the final volume or he passes away. Bookies are taking even odds on these two options.
Randy1949
11:51 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
LOL -- I already know one character who is dead meat. I'll be prepared for others. And it's already too late. I'm sucked in. I'm a very patient person, and if he never finishes to magnum opus, I'll just take a good guess myself. If he's dead, he can't complain about the fanfiction anymore.
Greg
11:54 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Randy, I read the description of the book and it sounds like I would like it, but St. Swithin has me concerned. There are currently 5 books in the series?
Randy1949
12:04 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Five or six, I'm not sure, plus I'm not clear on how many are planned. Could it be like Dune, where the author (and his heirs) didn't know when to quit? I think it will be worth the trip in any case.
Jimmy Neutron
12:34 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Song of Fire and Ice is a good series. St Swithin is right, you will get heart broken and probably pissed at how long it takes for the next book to come out, once you get caught up. You also might want to take a crack at Wisconsin's very own Patrick Rothfuss's King Killer Chronicles, the first book "The Name of the Wind" is pretty darn good...waiting for book three, fingers crossed for next year.
Greg
12:41 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The nice thing with Dune is that you could stop after the first book. I got about half way into the second book and wished it had never been written and not because it was good.
Randy1949
12:50 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
I made it all the way to the end of God Emperor of Dune and then gave it up. I don't quite have the heart for 'Dune Takes Manhattan' and 'Dune on Ice'.
Sons should learn not to milk Dad's literary legacy too much.
Greg
12:59 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
It was all about the spice in the first book. Once I knew what the spice was the genie was out of the bottle. I thought the first book ended fine, I just wanted to continue with the series because it took one third of the first book to have any idea what I was reading. I think liking Dune was more about how the story was told than it was about the story.
Randy1949
1:09 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
With any good book, it's more about how the story is told than the actual telling. I've read that this book was written as an exercise in ecology (just the way Lord of the Rings was an exercise in linguistics) and its effect on politics, with a dash of religion thrown in. What I didn't care for in the sequels is that Paul Atreides was diminished and Duncan Idaho (a very minor character in the first book) ends up becoming central.
Greg
11:19 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
"I am not impossible, just very old"
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier
Frazier is also the author of Cold Mountain, a book that I really enjoyed. I am just starting Thirteen Moons, like Jenna's lame excuse work has been keeping me busy, so I have not dug-in at my normal rate.
Greg
11:25 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
OOps, a second line is required.
"Days of yore when America was no more than a strip of land stretching a couple of hundred miles west of the Atlantic and the rest was just a very compelling idea"
Jenna Czaplewski
11:26 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
It really is a lame excuse, isn't it? ;)
I haven't read "Cold Mountain," but I really enjoy the film adaptation. Have you seen the movie? How do you think it compares to the book?
Greg
11:35 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
I have seen the movie, but I don't remember it much. The book was awesome, the movie was OK, in comparison to the book, as is evident by the amount of it I remember.